4 . [KELLY'S. have a line from Rugby to Stamford and another through Hartshorne (Derby) Snarestone the western portion of the county from Nuneaton, through Heather Staunton Harold Market Bosworth and Coalville to Loughboro', with a Hugglescote and Donington Stretton-en-le-Fields] ~ branch from Snarestone to Burton. The extension of the Measham Swanllington Great Central railway (late the Manchester, Sheffiold and Nether and Over Seal (Derby)Swepstone Lincolnshire railway) main line to London enters the Normanton-Ie-Heath Thingstone oounty norlh of , runs through that town, Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe Ticknall (Derby) Quorndon, , , Whetstone, Ashley Ma~na, Osgathorp Whitwick and Lutterworth,- leaving the county near Shawell. Packington WiIlesley Exoerpt in the 8()uth-ell1!!t, Leicestershire is well sup­ Ravenstone With Snibstone Woodville (Derby) plied with water and railway communiclltion. There was Smisby or Smithsby (Derby) Worthington f'ilrm~rly a great traffic along Watling Street, and by the Market Harborough, Leice1ster and Derby road. There BA.RROW-ON-SoAR UNION. were about 330 miles of main road, and 1,400 miles of Anstey Quorndon cross roads, mostly well made. Anstey Pastures Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake Leicestershire' is a. grQat grazing county, for which it Real'8by it! well fitted by the rich soils on the' many rivers, but Barkby Thorpe Rothley ~ery lnilch wheat and ba,rley are grown. In the 19hire fine Barrow-upon-Soar ~ast6 and sheep are bred and f.ed, and here are some of Beaumont Leys tlie clevsrBst breederS' in : it yields good cheese, including a rich cheese, l\,!lmed Stilton, which was first Birstall made in the last century. Much wool is shorn, which Cossington is worked up into hosiery. Leticester, Hinckley and Loughborough arl" great seats of the framework knitrer~ Croxton (South) (North) and makers of wuollen and cotton hose. The IIlastic web Gilroes Thurmaston (South) &Bd the shoe trade in LeiceS'ter are' carried on to a con- Leicester Frith siderable extent. Silk plush for hats and lace are like- . Walton-on-the-Wolds. wise made. Here a~e many makers of agricultural im- New1i?wn Lmford plements. Collieries and iron mines ue largely worked. I Quemborough Woodhouse Pottery and fire-brick making are carried on upon a ireat scale. BILLESDON UNION. As a fox-hunting county Leicerl-ershire ill llDted 8nd much frequented; the Quorn and Billesdon hunts are the Allexton Loddington most famous, anll have large stables and kennels; M.elton Billesdon Lowesby Mowbray and Market Hal'borough ar:e the head quarters IBurton Overy Marefieid @f the hunting men during the sea&an. Bushby l\iewton Harcourt · :t hi . . .ch ,r'dl d . 't h . Carlton Curlieu Norton (East) L ~lC~ el'S re IS 1D "e a.ul an C1rcUl; t e IlSSlZeoS Cold Newton Noseley and quarter sessions a~e held at Leicester. The shire Evington Ouston forms the qchdeaconry of LeiceS'ter, which is divided IFrisb Rolleston into the rural deanem~s of East, South and West Aludey, Gaulb Scraptoft Christianity or Leicester, Framland! (three purtions). Glen :Jagna Skeffington Gartree (three portions), Gilscote (two portions), Guth- Goadby Stoughton laxton (three portions), and Sparkenhoe (two portiom) Halst8ad Stretton Magna. and was formerly a bish'ilpric; it is in the diocese of Houghton-on-the-Hill Stretton Parva. peterborough and the province of Canterbury: it has Humberstone Thurnby 322 civil parishes. Hungarton Tilton The chief town is Leicester, the great seat of the hosiery Ilston-on-the-Hill Tugby and the elastic fabric trades, with 142,045 inhabitants in Keyham What-borough 1891, (but the borough having been increased under the :King's Norton Wistow Leicester Extension Act, 1891, by the addition of 7 outlying Launde Withcote parishes, the number was then 174.624), and good churches and public buildings. Other towns are-Lough- borough, with 18,196 inhabitantM, and Hinckley 9,638; BLABY UNION. Ashby-de-la-Zouch 4,535, Melton Mowbray 6,392, Market Blaby Kirby Muxloe Harborough 5,876, Lutterworth 1,800, Castle Donington Braunstone Knoll and Bassett Hous& 2,591 , Mountsorrel, Market Bosworth and Whitwick, which Braunstone Frith Leicestel" Forest (East) are market towns, besides VIlesthorpe, Coal.ille (pop. Cosby Leicester Fore'3t (West) II,223), Syston, Wigston, Barrow-upon-Soar, and many Countesthorpe Lubbesthorpe ~laces peopled by the framework knitters. There are no Croft Narborough great colleges, but there are grammar schools at Leicester Enderby New Parks and all the large towns, eight in all. }<'oston Oadby Glenfield Potters Marston The Registration Districts are :- Glenfield Frith Thurlaston Glen Parva Whetstone ------~------Huncote Wigston (East> No. Plaoe. Area Pop. in • 18g1. Kilby Wigston Magna Kirby Frith Lutterworth ...... 59,II8 12,391 Market Harborough.•...•.•...•• 66,659 18,398 HINCKLEY UNION. Billesdon .•..••..••..•.•.....••.•..•• 52 ,482 6,30 9 Aston Flamville Sap cote Blaby ...... 33,645 21,695 Barwell Sharnford Hinckley .•...... •....•• 28,192 20,699 Burbage Stoke, Golding Market Bosworth ...... •. 53,255 15,640 Burton Hastinga (Warwick) Stoney Stanton Ashby-de-la-Zouch ..•..•.••...... 54,01 9 36,368 Earl Shilton StrettonBaskerville(Warwick) Loughborough ...... •.•..•...• 45,820 30,931 Elmsthorpe Wigston Parva or Littl~ Barrow-upon-Soar .••....••...... 50,452 22,641 Higham-on-the-Hill Wigs ton Leicester .•...... •..•..•.•• 8,586174,624 Hinckley W 01 vey (Warwick) Melton Mowbray ....•.....•..•..•• 99,545 21,590 .------~----- LEICESTER UNION . The following is a list of the several Poor Law Unions, The undermentioned now form the civil parish of Leicester. with the places oontained in each:- All Samts North Eviugton Augustine Friars St. Leonard ASHBl'-DE-LA.-ZOUCH UNION. Aylestone St. Margaret Belgrave St. Martin Appleby Boundary (Derby) BlackfriaN St. Mary Ashby-ds-Ia-Zouch Calke or Caulk (Derby) Castle View St. Nicholas Ashby-Woulds Chilcote Knighton The Nf'warke Bardon CoaJyiIle Leiooster Abbey West Humberiltone RlacAd~dby Coleorton IN ewfoundpo~l